Occupation: Painter, Educator Media: Acrylic. Born Dade City, Florida, November 12, 1928.
Education Ringling Sch Art, BS, 49. Florida Southern Col, BFA, 51. Art Institute of Chicago, postgraduate, 52. Univ Florida, MFA, 53.
Teaching Positions Sr instructor art, Kentucky Wesleyan Coll, Owensboro, 54-60, fine arts chm, 58-60, art chairman, 64-70, director art gallery, 74-91; instructor painting, Palm Beach Jr Coll, 60-92, gallery director, 74-90.
Business and Professional Positions Artist, Norte Dame Univ, 70; artist, Cornell Univ, New York Univ, 71; judge local and national art competitions; lectr in field.
Public Works Univ Notre Dame; Cornell Univ; New York Univ; Soc Four Arts Collection, Palm Beach, Florida; Syracuse Univ Art Collection; Boca Raton Mus Art, Florida; and others.
Exhibitions Solo exhibs, Grand Cent Mod, New York, 66-, Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, 68, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida, 72-89, 99, 2003 & 2005, Brevard Community Coll, Cocoa, Florida, 73, Valencia Community Coll, Orlando, Florida, 74, David Findlay Galleries, New York City, 76, 78, 81, 83, Northwood Inst, 86, Palm Beach Community Coll, 88 and others; Group shows, Department State Special Exhib, Washington, 67, Major Florida Artist Invitational Exhib, Sarasota, Florida, 81-92, North Miami Mus and Art Center, North Miami, Florida, 85, Men's Art Northwood Univ, West Palm Beach, Florida, 94, Festival Int Peinture, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, 2001; Mainstreams USA, Ohio, 68; David Findlay Galleries, New York, 76-84; Yellow Banks 50th Art Exhib, Owensboro, Kentucky, 89; Fort Lauderdale Mus Art Invitational Exhib, 91.
Bibliography Article, Arts Mag, 81; The Letters, Portrait of an Artist: Jim Houser, 2007.
Publications Author, Color for the Artist, Palm Beach Jr Coll, 75; Perspective, video, Palm Beach Jr Coll, 86; Perspective Drawing, video, Palm Beach Jr Coll, 90.
Honors and Awards Merit Award, 16th Hortt Competition, Fort Lauderdale Mus Arts, 74; Akston Award, Soc Four Arts, 77; Atwater/Kent Award, Soc of the Four Arts, 77, 89; Philip Hulitar Award, 82; Four Arts Award, Soc of the Four Arts, West Palm Beach, 92, 93; Established Connie and Jim Houser Award for the Contemporary Exhib Soc of the Four Arts, 96-.
Memberships Soc of the Four Arts (Certificate of Appreciation 1996, 10 other awards).
